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Re:Fingerprints are Usernames, not Passwords by r00fus on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @04:13PM (#6478784)
Not to mention, by the time I am looking at the phone, I want it already unlocked. Sometimes I want it unlocked in my pocket (Siri?). TouchID allows me to do that. Face unlock does not.
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Re:Fingerprints are Usernames, not Passwords by zmmmmm on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @06:25AM (#6481619)
When it works fast, face unlock can be rather stunning. Occasionally it would catch a glimpse of my face obliquely and unlock before I even got to position it correctly.

However like others, I turned it off because the performance was highly variable, and the failure mode consists of a many-seconds wait which can be extremely infuriating (even embarrassing, as as you stare blankly at your phone for 5 seconds at a party, trying to quickly get someone's number or something).

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